Sharon Robinson, the daughter of the late professional baseball player, Jackie Robinson, reflected on her life in the civil rights movement. She discussed her book and took viewer phone calls from the 19th annual National Book Festival in Washington, DC.
Obama White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships executive director Melissa Rogers explored the relationship between religion and government.
Nicholas Buccola, chair in political science at Linfield College, recalled the televised debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. over the civil rights movement that occurred on February 18, 1965.
Former Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich offered his thoughts on how to bring about political change in local communities.
Journalist Meaghan Winter argued that the left must rebuild through state and local elections in order to increase its political power at the national level.
Harvard University professor Lizabeth Cohen looked at American urban policy in the forty years following World War II through the life of urban planner Edward Logue, who was instrumental in the redevelopment of Boston and portions of New York City.
Former CIA counterintelligence chief James Olson argued that foreign intelligence organizations are doing a better job at spy craft then the United States.
University of Virginia history professor Sarah Milov explored the political history of tobacco in America. She was interviewed by former FDA Commissioner David Kessler.
Book TV presented coverage of the 6th annual Kirkus Prize, given by the literary publication Kirkus Reviews to authors of nonfiction, fiction, and young readers' books.
George Washington University history professor David Silverman recalled the peace treaty between the Plymouth colony and the Wampanoag tribe that started in 1621 and lasted until 1675 and included the "First Thanksgiving."
Historian Richard Breitman recalled the efforts of Raymond Geist, an American consul in Berlin in the 1930s, to expedite visas for emigrants to the United States in the lead-up to World War II.
